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CHARLES M. HEYBORNE Biography 1848 - 1935 Charles McMillan Heyborne was born in Launceston, Van Demansland, Tasmania, on t h e 21st of J a n u a r y , 1848, t h e son of John and Sarah Ann McMillan Heyborne. His f a t h e r was an English officer in charge of English forces in Australia and Tasmania. His mother was a matron in a h o s ~ i t a lin New Zealand. When Charles was four vears old, his f a t h e r died. His mother accepted t h e L.D.S. gospel in s y d n e y , Australia, and t h e family emigrated to America. They left Australia t h e 28th of May, 1856, and arrived in San Pedro, California on the 15th of August. 1856. They made their home in San Bernardino for about a year and a half and then moved to Cedar City, Utah, arriving there on t h e 24th of December. 1857. As a young man. Charles drove a six-mule team to Laramie. Wyoming to assist emigrants to Utah. He was ordained an Elder in t h e Endowment House in Salt Lake City, Utah on t h e 30th of October, 1871, when h e was married to Mary Ann Leigh. In 1883, he was called to fill an L.D.S. Mission to his native land of Australia, where he labored until 1885. Soon a f t e r r e t u r n i n g home from his mission he was ordained a High Priest and was set a p a r t a s t h e first Superintendent of t h e Y.M.M.I.A. of t h e Parowan Stake. which position he held for ten y e a r s . He took a team of horses to Manti where he worked on t h e L.D.S. Temple site for 58 days. He s e r v e d continuously for 55 years a s a Ward Teacher in the Cedar City Wards. Heyborne s e r v e d two and one half y e a r s a s Mayor of Cedar City and acted a s a City Councilman during three administrations. He was also City Marshal and City Watermaster. He was one of t h e founders of the Branch Normal School. During t h e Eleventh Session, he s e r v e d a s Chaplain in the House of Representatives of t h e State of Utah. He was an Indian War Veteran. For sixty y e a r s , h e was activelv eneaeed in most of t h e civil and relieious affairs of Cedar c i t y . On t h e 31st of October, 1922. Charles Heyborne Married Melissa Keziah Rollins Lee in t h e St. George Temple, his f i r s t wife having died on the 26th of July, 1921. During his last few y e a r s , he spent considerable time in doing Temple work. He died on the 27th day of December, 1935, one month short of being 88 y e a r s old.
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From:
Yvonne H. C h u r c h , a descendant
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| Title | Mayors of Cedar City |
| Creator | Jones, Evelyn K.; Jones, York F., 1925- |
| Subject | Mayors -- Utah -- Cedar City -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- Politics and government; Cedar City (Utah) -- Biography; Cedar City (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Includes biographies of the mayors of Cedar City and examples from the city minutes showing the events that took place under each administration. The three histories printed in the second section were written by three men at three different times in the history of Cedar City. |
| Source | Mayors |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | Image; Still image |
| Format | image/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Digitized by: Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/mayors.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 535.cpd |
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